AM2 Crossfire?

[The Mailman]

im canadian

whens it coming out? I NEED INFO

 

[Willardjuice]

The price of this motherboard will be $290 CAD thats a given.

That's an expensive board; that's like $100 more than the MSI.

Anyways, I get my new computer tomorrow; I'll post back with results.

 

[The Mailman]

itll probably be 175 US and the canadian retailers will mark it the hell up; as usual

 

[Tsuwamono]

Well thats just craptastic. I cant afford more then like 190$ canadian on a board.

 

[OBCT]

Oh, forgot to post links to pics of my comp.

http://indreams-studios.com/obct/comp/build/

Lots of progress shots there. Here's the best pic:
http://indreams-studios.com/obct/comp/build/build27.png

 

[craeyon]

DUDE they are all emo shots of your computer LOL!!! you know with wierd angles and wierd lighting...but nice build btw.

 

[pen pen]

Just spoke with ASUS USA pre-sales[502-995-0883 (selected option 4 I believe)]. Take this with a grain of salt because they usually don't know the whole story, but they did confirm the specs on the M2R32-MVP for me and then said they had no knowledge of a Deluxe version coming down the pipe anytime soon.

Keep in mind I called and asked if there was going to be a deluxe version of the A7N8X when it was rumored it was coming out ,and I was considering the purchase of that board, and they ended up coming up with 2 Deluxe versions of it. Just thought I would pass this food for thought along.

I still have my fingers crossed for the Deluxe version but if it doesn't come I think it may have to go with Sapphire or MSI.

 

[pen pen]

Great pics OBCT thanks for posting them.

Makes me wanna order up today : )

 

[familyman1]

It looks like the Sapphire boards are arriving next week in the UK - link. Shouldn't be long...

 

[pen pen]

Here is some good info on the ATI Sturgeon CrossFire Xpress 3200 AM2 reference board:

http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=5732

 

[Tsuwamono]

Originally posted by: pen pen
Here is some good info on the ATI Sturgeon CrossFire Xpress 3200 AM2 reference board:

http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=5732

Old news bud. But would have been a good find

 

[craeyon]

Canada got its first sapphire motherboard shippment in a store about 1 km away from me in a store whos owner I personally know......CONNECTIONSSSSS

So much for my NDA

 

[Willardjuice]

Just got my computer up and running with the MSI K9A Platinum and everything is working perfectly. All drivers and applications installed fine and I am now ripping through all my games . I'll try overclocking later this week, but so far I have not had one single problem.

 

[atticus1398]

zzf has the asus


*edit*
never mind, user cp took me into the middle of the thread and not the last page.

 

[Tsuwamono]

Does anyone know about any AM2 based Shuttle PCs?

 

[craeyon]

Originally posted by: Tsuwamono
Does anyone know about any AM2 based Shuttle PCs?

They are on there way. I think.

Do you really want a small PC?

 

[TheJaxx]

Looks like the first review is up of the M2R32....

http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=6609

 

[The Mailman]

I WANT SOMETHING

 

[familyman1]

Originally posted by: TheJaxx
Looks like the first review is up of the M2R32....

http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=6609

Thanks, Jaxx. I was waiting for this one. Not bad performance but not outstanding either. Using the recommended memory would have helped. Bios still needs some tweaks but that's nothing unusual. At least it looks stable. I'd heard that this board would be out this week but from the review it sounds like that may not be the case... We'll see how the Sapphire boards do.

1 1/2 weeks out in Canada link

 

[familyman1]

Originally posted by: OBCT
Oh, forgot to post links to pics of my comp.

http://indreams-studios.com/obct/comp/build/

Lots of progress shots there. Here's the best pic:
http://indreams-studios.com/obct/comp/build/build27.png

Nice build. Thanks for the picks - you give the rest of us hope... What's your CPU temp like with the Zalman?

 

[familyman1]

Not sure when the DFI is coming out but it's popped up on zzf link..

 

[craeyon]

Originally posted by: familyman1
Not sure when the DFI is coming out but it's popped up on zzf link..

That board better show up in canada soon. Or I will unleash hell.

EDIT: Found another international link

http://www.eclipsecomputers.com/product.aspx?code=MBD-LPUTCFX32

EDIT: ok wtf this motherboard doesn't support DDR2 memory?!?! wtf... (now i am REALLY confused)

http://us.dfi.com.tw/Product/xx_product..._ID=4556&CATEGORY_TYPE=LP%20UT&SITE=NA

 

[familyman1]

Originally posted by: craeyon

Originally posted by: familyman1
Not sure when the DFI is coming out but it's popped up on zzf link..

That board better show up in canada soon. Or I will unleash hell.

EDIT: Found another international link

http://www.eclipsecomputers.com/product.aspx?code=MBD-LPUTCFX32

EDIT: ok wtf this motherboard doesn't support DDR2 memory?!?! wtf... (now i am REALLY confused)

http://us.dfi.com.tw/Product/xx_product..._ID=4556&CATEGORY_TYPE=LP%20UT&SITE=NA

Cool. When these things start popping up it means it won't be long.

Last link is the S939 board. The specs I found from zzf link to DFI looked pretty good - listed the board with 3 PCIs and support for DDR2-1000 (1066?) RAM. First crossfire board I've seen that supports higher than DDR2-800. One strange thing I noticed is that it listed the SB chip as the SB600 but further down it listed a supplied diskette with the SB650 RAID drivers. I originally saw the specs for this board listed using the SB650 chip. Not sure what to think of this but unless one was going to use a RAID 5 array it wouldn't matter anyway.

 

[Willardjuice]

Originally posted by: craeyon
EDIT: ok wtf this motherboard doesn't support DDR2 memory?!?! wtf... (now i am REALLY confused)

http://us.dfi.com.tw/Product/xx_product..._ID=4556&CATEGORY_TYPE=LP%20UT&SITE=NA

Well yeah since you linked the 939 version; I would expect it to only support DDR.

 

[craeyon]

Originally posted by: Willardjuice

Originally posted by: craeyon
EDIT: ok wtf this motherboard doesn't support DDR2 memory?!?! wtf... (now i am REALLY confused)

http://us.dfi.com.tw/Product/xx_product..._ID=4556&CATEGORY_TYPE=LP%20UT&SITE=NA

Well yeah since you linked the 939 version; I would expect it to only support DDR.

Whoops my bad. I hate it when company websites fail to put up information.